And…we’re back. I
apologize for the longer than usual break in proceedings, but this is just to
let you know that New England Travels will return next Tuesday, January 22nd. We’ll start with a visit to the Luddy/Taylor
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum in Windsor, Connecticut to explore the
history of broadleaf and shade tobacco agriculture in the Connecticut River
Valley of Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
Photo Luddy/Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
We’re tying in with my post that coming Thursday the 24th
on my Another Old Movie Blog about the film “Parrish” (1961), which was filmed on location in Connecticut and
offers us a lush look with a soap opera-type story about tobacco growing in
this area. Starring Troy Donahue in a
stunning array of red sweaters and windbreakers, he is ably supported by Connie
Stevens leading the bevy of females chasing him, along with Claudette Colbert
as his mom, and Karl Malden as the boss/stepfather from hell. This movie, and the novel by Mildred Savage
on which it was based, are probably the most famous depictions in popular
culture of commercial tobacco growing in the Connecticut River Valley. I hope you can join us on both blogs next
week.
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Classic Films and the
American Conscience, my eBook collection of essays from Another Old Movie
Blog is now also available from Barnes&Noble.com for your Nook, and
continues to be sold on Amazon.
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